I have tried to prepare a USB install pendrive from LMDE 64 bit using Unetbootin but it did not work. I see something like "operating system missing" and then the computer automatically boots from the hard drive. I have also tried using dd to write the iso file to the USB drive. To no avail.

I am currently using Aptosid and I have installed it from an USB stick. Any ideas on how to install LMDE from a USB pendrive?

Kind regards

Last edited by solainix on Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:00 am, edited 1 time in total.

I have tried to prepare a USB install pendrive from LMDE 64 bit using Unetbootin but it did not work. I see something like "operating system missing" and then the computer automatically boots from the hard drive. I have also tried using dd to write the iso file to the USB drive. To no avail.

I am currently using Aptosid and I have installed it from an USB stick. Any ideas on how to install LMDE from a USB pendrive?

Kind regards

I had no problem installing the LMDE 64-bit version from USB stick prepared by unetbootin.

Since you saw the computer could not find OS in USB stick and went to hard disk to boot up, then it means the USB stick has no boot code on it.You could just redo the procedure. BY the way I format USB stick by FAT32 first before asking unetbootin to prepare the USB stick.

wayne128 wrote:You could just redo the procedure. BY the way I format USB stick by FAT32 first before asking unetbootin to prepare the USB stick.

And when that fails (in my case anyways for a couple of times on prev LMDE even), it's time to re-download the .iso again and fall back to dd if=/where/you/put/the/.iso/.iso proper syntax of=/dev/sdx <= your USB stick should unetbootin can't seem to get the job done.Botched up .iso downloads happens easily easy for lazy bums like me since I rarely do md5 checks ;p.That and also it's because I'm Malaysian with a unicorns ISP so I had to resume broken downloads most of the time even from closer mirrors.

Before you do the dd routine if you have a Windows rig with the .iso ready to move there, you can also prep these 2 live USB tools; SUSE Studio Image Writer and Fedora's Live USB Creator for use.For Image Writer you'll need to rename the .iso to .raw before you start.These 2 are my lifesavers.

I found myself needing to install from a pendrive due to finding that we had no blank dvd's left. I'd never done this before, but used the tool from the OMGUbuntu article below with no problems. It's not super polished, and because of that the hardest thing about it is that you just don't expect it to be so easy to use (or at least I didn't), but it really is dead simple.

You seem to say your problem might be the .iso, and I don't know whether this method is easier than the other commonly suggested ones, but I was able to boot from an Ubuntu LiveCD and install and use this tool on the first try to create a bootable live-usb stick with the Christmas Eve release LMDE .iso, and had no problems installing from that. There's even a video at the link below showing him installing and using the tool. The instructions on the tool's homepage are actually confusing, just do exactly as OMGUbuntu says...